Fellowships
Opportunity: Bard Fiction Prize
Host: Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
Length: Six Months
Genre: Fiction
Compensation: $3,000
Activities: Lectures, Consultations
Restriction: Published Book Required
Deadline: July 15
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Opportunity: Philip Roth Residence in Creative Writing
Host: Bucknell University, in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
Length: Four months
Genre: Prose or Poetry
Compensation: $4,000
Activities: Editing, Reading, no teaching
Deadline: February 1
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Opportunity: Steinbeck Fellows Program
Host: Center for Steinbeck Studies, in San Jose, California
Length: One Year
Genre: literary scholarship, fiction, drama, education, science, media
Compensation: $10,000
Activities: Reading
Restriction: Must reside (or relocate to) San Jose, CA area
Deadline: January 3
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Opportunity: Emory University Creative Writing Fellowship
Host: Emory University, in Atlanta, Georgia
Length: One Year
Genre: Poetry, Fiction
Activities: 2-1 teaching load
Compensation: $30,000
Restriction: MFA/Ph.D in last five years, with CW teaching experience
Deadline: November 16
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Opportunity: Tickner Writing Fellowship
Host: Gilman School, in Baltimore, Maryland
Length: One year
Genre: Poetry, Prose
Compensation: $30,000 + benefits
Activities: Directs reading series, Teaches 1 section of CW, Advises lit magazine,
consultations with students
Restriction: Candidates often have published books (not explicitly required)
Deadline: December 9
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Opportunity: The Kenyon Review Fellowship
Host: Kenyon College, in Gambier, Ohio
Length: Two years
Genre: Poetry, Prose
Compensation: $32,500/year, plus benefits
Activities: Teach 1 class/year, 15hs/week advising, summer teaching,
Restriction: Must have completed MFA or PhD at time of application
Deadline: October 1
Reference:
Contacts: Tory Weber (webert@kenyon.edu)
Opportunity: Olive B. O'Connor Fellowship in Creative Writing
Host: Colgate University, in Hamilton, New York
Length: One academic year in residence
Genre: Nonfiction
Compensation: $37,500 + health, benefits and travel
Activities: 1-1 teaching load and public reading
Restriction: Book project underway
Deadline: January 15
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Opportunity: Margery Davis Boyden Wilderness Writing Residency
Host: PEN Northwest, in Elmira, Oregon
Length: 7 months
Genre: Poetry, Prose
Compensation: $5,000
Activities: One hour of caretaking work per day
Restriction: Pets must be housebroken (Couples and children are welcome)
Deadline: March 1
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Contact: John Daniel (johndaniel48@yahoo.com)
Opportunity: Princeton Arts Fellowship
Host: Princeton University, in Princeton, New Jersey
Length: One Year
Genre: Poetry, Prose, Plays, Performance鈥攁ll forms of artistic expression.
Compensation: $65,800/year
Activities: Teaching 1-1
Restriction: 鈥渁warded to artists whose achievements have been recognized as demonstrating
extraordinary promise鈥�
Deadline: August 2014
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Opportunity: Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center Fellowship
Host: Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts
Length: 7 months
Genre: Fiction, Poetry
Compensation: $750/month, plus room and board
Deadline: December 1
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Opportunity: Wallace Stegner Fellowship
Host: Stegner Fellowship at Stanford University, in Stanford, California
Length: Two years
Genre: Fiction, Poetry
Compensation: $26,000/year, plus benefits
Activities: Weekly writing workshop, participation in campus activities
Deadline: December 1
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Opportunity: Patrick Henry Writing Fellowship
Host: Washington College, in Chestertown, Maryland
Length: 9 months
Genre: Nonfiction
Compensation: $45,000 + benefits and residence
Activities: Teach 1 undergraduate fall class, perform 1 spring workshop or reading
Restriction: 鈥渟upports outstanding writing on American history and culture by both
scholars and nonacademic authors鈥�
Deadline: November 1
Reference:
Contact: jtitus2@washcoll.edu
Opportunity: Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellowship
Host: University of Wisconsin, in Madison, Wisconsin
Length: One year
Genre: Fiction, Poetry
Compensation: $27,000 + benefits
Activities: Teaching, Readings, Editing
Restriction: holders of PhD or MFA degree
Deadline: February 28
Reference:
Contacts: Sean Bishop (institutemail@english.wisc.edu)
Teaching
The Chronicle of Higher Education provides:
A database of job postings:
The MLA鈥檚 Job Information List provides:
A list of jobs:
*Students who know the region where they hope to teach can contact schools in that
area. Visit Human Resources and employment sites for job listings, and don鈥檛 be shy
about contacting departments directly for further information on openings.
International Teaching
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